gemination

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin geminātiō, geminātiōnis (“a doubling”).

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌdʒɛm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, /ˌdʒɛm.əˈneɪ.ʃən/

Noun

gemination (countable and uncountable, plural geminations)

A doubling.
bilateral gemination of the maxillary central incisors
(phonetics) A phenomenon when a consonant is pronounced for an audibly longer period of time than is done normally.

Usage notes

Not to be confused with germination.

Derived terms

autogemination
degemination

Related terms

Translations

phonetical phenomenon

Arabic: تَشْدِيد‎ m (tašdīd)
Bulgarian: удвояване n (udvojavane)
Finnish: geminaatio (fi)
French: gémination (fr) f
German: Gemination (de) f
Greek: διπλασιασμός (el) m (diplasiasmós)

Japanese: 長子音 (ちょうしいん, chōshiin)
Portuguese: geminação (pt) f
Russian: удвое́ние (ru) n (udvojénije), гемина́ция (ru) f (geminácija)
Spanish: geminación (es) f
Tagalog: sakambal

See also

twinning

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